LAPD "Teardrop Rapist" press conference

LAPD "Teardrop Rapist" press conference

Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times

Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese talks as Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials released composites and detailed the LAPD investigation into the "Teardrop Rapist" at a press conference on April 24, 2012. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect linked to dozens of sexual assaults since February 1996.

Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese talks as Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials released composites and detailed the LAPD investigation into the "Teardrop Rapist" at a press conference on April 24, 2012. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect linked to dozens of sexual assaults since February 1996. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese talks as Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials released composites and detailed the LAPD investigation into the "Teardrop Rapist" at a press conference on April 24, 2012. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect linked to dozens of sexual assaults since February 1996.